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urn:uuid:80be8f95-dbeb-42d7-b843-a70e79e46edb 03 01 01 urn:uuid:80be8f95-dbeb-42d7-b843-a70e79e46edb 15 9781911712312 06 10.31389/lsepress.ada 00 EB E107 10 Creative Commons License 02 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ 01 01 Australia's Evolving Democracy A New Democratic Audit 1 B01 21 0000-0003-4831-2639 Mark Evans 2 B01 21 0000-0002-2650-6398 Patrick Dunleavy 3 B01 21 0000-0002-3865-0928 John Phillimore First edition. 01 eng 93 JPHV 04 JQ 10 POL007000 93 JPHC 10 POL055000 93 1MBF 10 POL016000 10 6.0.1.0.0.0.0 01 06 03 00 In recent times Australia has developed into one of the world’s leading liberal democracies. Its governments have delivered continuous economic growth for more than three decades, even against the turmoil of a global pandemic. And the country’s highly competitive elections and strong political institutions operate within a stable and balanced federal system. In Australia’s Evolving Democracy a team of leading academic authors use an audit approach to critically explore national government institutions, as well as state- and territory-level politics, and to examine how each has contributed to or held back Australian political life as it has changed and diversified. For instance, the top two parties’ monopoly of governance has only begun to adjust to a modern transition to multi-party politics, although balanced voting systems for two-house legislatures have allowed for some adaptation. To date, the country has successfully avoided both rancorous populist politics (as in the USA) and serious governance decline (as in the UK). Each of the book’s 28 chapters tackles one institution or issue, outlining recent developments along with an analysis of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats, to fully evaluate the state of Australian democracy in the 21st century. In doing so, the authors draw key lessons for other democracies, showing in detail how robust major and micro-institutions can guard against democratic ‘backsliding’ and policy failures. This comprehensive audit also highlights scope for potential democratic improvements. Australia continues to confront the challenges of partisan political barriers to addressing climate change and improving the situation of First Nations peoples, redressing modern social inequalities, and responding to popular mistrust of government and politicians. By taking an in-depth, nuanced approach to multiple democratic issues across the whole of the country’s distinctive political system, this book provides analysis that is accessible for students new to Australian politics, along with many insights for political scientists studying comparative democratic politics and Australian institutions. 04 00 PART I FOUNDATIONS 1 Situating Australian democracy Patrick Dunleavy, Mark Evans, Harry Hobbs and Patrick Weller 2 Human rights and civil liberties Mark Evans and Stan Grant 3 The Constitution Harry Hobbs 4 The 2023 Voice to Parliament referendum Mark Evans and Michelle Grattan PART II NATIONAL POLITICS 5 Elections and voting Patrick Dunleavy and Mark Evans 6 Political parties Patrick Dunleavy and Mark Evans 7 Interest groups and corporate power Patrick Dunleavy 8 Mainstream media Patrick Dunleavy 9 Social media Max Halupka 10 Gender equality and rights Pia Rowe PART III FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 11 Parliament – the House of Representatives Sarah Moulds 12 Parliament – the Senate Brenton Prosser, Mary Walsh and John Hawkins 13 Prime Minister, Cabinet and government Mark Evans and Patrick Dunleavy 14 The Australian Public Service John Halligan and Mark Evans 15 Government policy-making John Butcher 16 How democratic is Australian federalism? John Phillimore and Alan Fenna PART IV STATE AND LOCAL POLITICS 17 New South Wales Mark Evans 18 Victoria Tom Daly and James Murphy 19 Queensland Cosmo Howard and Pandanus Petter 20 South Australia Rob Manwaring, Josh Holloway and Andrew Parkin 21 Western Australia John Phillimore, Martin Drum, Sarah Murray, Peter Wilkins, Narelle Miragliotta and Benjamin Reilly 22 Tasmania Lachlan Johnson, Richard Eccleston and Mike Lester 23 Northern Territory Rolf Gerritsen 24 Australian Capital Territory Brendan McCaffrie 25 Local democracy in metropolitan regions and big cities Graham Sansom and Su Fei Tan 26 Systems of local government Su Fei Tan and Graham Sansom PART V CHALLENGES AND CHANGE 27 Political institutions in the Anthropocene Pierrick Chalaye and John S. Dryzek 28 Democratic resilience and change Patrick Dunleavy and Mark Evans 20 00 Open Access LSE Press 01 LSE Press London 04 01 20241205 2024 06 15 9781911712305 06 15 9781911712312 06 15 9781911712329 06 15 9781911712336 09 LSE Press 29 Publisher's website: download the title https://books.press.lse.ac.uk/10.31389/lsepress.ada.pdf 99 01 09 LSE Press 02 Publisher's website: web shop https://press.lse.ac.uk/books/e/10.31389/lsepress.ada 99 01